Wehrli Calls on Rauner Administration to Help Replace Lost Naperville ConAgra Jobs

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Friday, October 02, 2015

Rep. Wehrli is speaking out this week on the use of state tax incentives to relocate 400 jobs from Naperville to Chicago.

"...Wehrli said the Naperville-to-Chicago move is part of a larger agreement that will provide ConAgra EDGE tax incentives for relocating their corporate headquarters to Chicago from Naperville and Omaha, Nebraska....

“We all want to bring new jobs here from other states; but when the deal, brokered with tax incentives, costs an Illinois community 400 jobs, then it’s a hollow victory. Governor Rauner needs to work equally hard to ‘back fill’ those jobs leaving Naperville. The governor’s office cannot just create a hole and walk away,” said Wehrli...